Caracal's finds

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 .. I 'll just have to repare one horn of the gazella and one hand of the lizard..

When I saw the heading, I thought : WOW

And it is certainly not a disappointment ! Those are magnificent model, all of them

Are they from Elastolin ?  They are gorgeous    

Correction ...Ahh, now I found some of them in TAW : They are Preiser

Uhh, I'll never understand the difference between Preiser, Hausser,  with or without Elastolin in the end

Wow, what a find! I've never seen the lizard, is it Elastolin too?

SUSANNE wrote:

Correction ...Ahh, now I found some of them in TAW : They are Preiser

Uhh, I'll never understand the difference between Preiser, Hausser,  with or without Elastolin in the end

Preiser bought the 70mm series moulds when Hausser closed its doors in 1984. All older "elastolin" are Hausser which produced animals in composition and later in plastic from 1920 to 1980's.

It is uneasy to distinguish most of the 70mm Hausser from the Preiser. For the Mountain goat it is easier, with a pink muzzle this is a Preiser.

SUSANNE wrote:

When I saw the heading, I thought : WOW

And it is certainly not a disappointment ! Those are magnificent model, all of them

Are they from Elastolin ?  They are gorgeous    

Correction ...Ahh, now I found some of them in TAW : They are Preiser

Uhh, I'll never understand the difference between Preiser, Hausser,  with or without Elastolin in the end

 Thank you Susanne! I think Christophe answered to you very well! :)

rogerpgvg wrote:

Wow, what a find! I've never seen the lizard, is it Elastolin too?

 Yes Roger, it is from Elastolin and a compo(or masse) one! :)

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I'm sorry Alain... 

I forget to say you finally add you first composition model: The Hausser lizard 

Kikimalou wrote:

I'm sorry Alain... 

I forget to say you finally add you first composition model: The Hausser lizard 

 Hausser?..

Yes the lizard is a Hausser elastolin, elastolin isn't a brand.

OK thank you Christophe! :)

Kikimalou wrote:

......elastolin isn't a brand.

But, but I have a book about elastolin models , made by a star connaisseur of composition models

Congratulations, I love the gazelle, it looks very different from the one on TAW.
Is your fox hollow?

Kikimalou wrote:

Yes the lizard is a Hausser elastolin, elastolin isn't a brand.

Oh, it reminds me Willybacoman times.
I read everywhere Elastolin is a trademark used by the firm Hausser to their figures.
It just means Elastolin is a brand and Hausser is a company.
I think I've read on forum the Elastolin name is derived from the material they used but since it became a trademark, it is a brand.
Considering the brand name was used by Hausser and Preiser, I think for collecting purposes, it is more comprehensive to use the company names.
Maybe somewhat like Eikoh, their brand name is Miniatureplanet but we keep calling them Eikoh, They're marked EIKOH anyway.

I like this rare lizard. Congrats.

SUSANNE wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

......elastolin isn't a brand.

But, but I have a book about elastolin models , made by a star connaisseur of composition models

I know you ahve the fantastic book made by Uli Raue about Hausser elastolin, lucky you 

Roger wrote:

Congratulations, I love the gazelle, it looks very different from the one on TAW.
Is your fox hollow?

Kikimalou wrote:

Yes the lizard is a Hausser elastolin, elastolin isn't a brand.

Oh, it reminds me Willybacoman times.
I read everywhere Elastolin is a trademark used by the firm Hausser to their figures.
It just means Elastolin is a brand and Hausser is a company.
I think I've read on forum the Elastolin name is derived from the material they used but since it became a trademark, it is a brand.
Considering the brand name was used by Hausser and Preiser, I think for collecting purposes, it is more comprehensive to use the company names.
Maybe somewhat like Eikoh, their brand name is Miniatureplanet but we keep calling them Eikoh, They're marked EIKOH anyway.

Exactly Rogério. Nevertheless, when we are talking about Elastolin animals it is better to think by company and not trademark. 

I explain, the trademark Elastolin was used by three companies: Hausser, Ougen and Preiser.

Hausser is the original German company, it produced all the composition animals until 1969, then the well known 54mm and 70mm series. It also produced some plastic models before 1969, some were compo animals copies and some very rare original models.

Ougen was the French distributor of Elastolin 54mm, the painting was a bit different and more fragile.

Preiser is the company which bought the 70mm series moulds when Hausser closed. Some paintings are different and so are the prices 

All of them are Elastolin.

landrover wrote:

I like this  rare lizard.  Congrats.

 Thank you Fernando! :)

.." is your fox hollow?"

 .. no Rogério I don't think so!.. and thank you for your comment! :)

Big congratulations, especially for the lizard :)

Thank you Andreas! :)

Thank you Jean-Luc! :)

Superb additions,especially the Grant's Gazelle!

Thank you Taos! :)

Caracal wrote:

arrived Yesterday:

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 .. I 'll just have to repare one horn of the gazella and one hand of the lizard..

they are all so very beautiful and elegant, especially the antelope (impala?) well done Alain!

Thank you Annette!  :)

.. according to Kikimalou, it is a Thomson gazella!